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October 11, 2019

News Outlet Splinter Shutting Down
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The left-leaning online news outlet Splinter has been shut down, with
multiple staffers saying they've been fired. Former Splinter employees
are lambasting the site's hedge fund owner - private equity firm Great
Hill Partners - for the closure. In a Vice article titled "Private
Equity Vultures Killed Splinter. Your Company Could Be Next," former
Gawker writer Brendan O'Connor wrote, "Great Hill didn't care about
making Splinter, a good website, even better; that would have required
time and money. Like all private equity firms, Great Hill's only concern
is extracting value."


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